Across
1 Patients should get a medication ______every year
5 Lumps under the skin
8 Common genetic enzyme
9 With 12 across, the topic of this month’s cover story
10 Disease inherited via an abnormal chromosome
11 Drug test sample
12 With 9 across, the topic of this month’s cover story
14 Substance required to survive, grow, and reproduce
17 Government “safety net” program
18 Typical or standard (abbr.)
21 Patients at risk for many chronic diseases and also COVID-19
22 Antiviral used to prevent and treat cold sores
24 Enzyme critical to blood clotting
25 Food common to a soft diet
26 Witty comeback
27 An individual who is vaccine hesitant sometimes ______ all immunizations
Down
1 Median nerve compression is also known as ______ tunnel syndrome
2 Testosterone ______, e.g., Delatestryl or Xyosted
3 Common sites of osteoarthritis
4 Lung infection
5 Having lumps
6 Movement from high concentration to low concentration
7 Scandinavian country
13 Outermost layer of skin
15 May provide comfort to a pediatric patient
16 Common cause of gastroenteritis
19 Varicella _____, the virus that causes chicken pox or shingles
20 Patients taking warfarin may need to avoid these
22 Plant with antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties
23 Autoimmune disease most commonly seen in women
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